Everybody Go Away
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| Demo by Weezer | |||||
| Album | Guitar Center: Fresh Cuts Vol. 4 | ||||
| Released | July 21, 2009 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | October 30, 2000 | ||||
| Length | 2:10 | ||||
| Label | Geffen | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| RC# | 500 | ||||
| COR# | 193 | ||||
| Producer(s) | Neil Young | ||||
| Status | Officially released | ||||
| Rivers Cuomo song chronology | |||||
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"Everybody Go Away" (sometimes rendered as "Ev'rybody Go Away") is a song by Weezer.
Appearances
- Guitar Center: Fresh Cuts Vol. 4 (2009)
- Alone VII: The Green Years (2020)
Overview
"Everybody Go Away" was recorded at Rivers Cuomo's home studio at 6145 Rodgerton Dr. in Los Angeles in October of 2000, in preparation for the recording sessions for The Green Album. The song is not known to have been attempted in the studio. In 2009, the demo was released on the compilation CD Fresh Cuts Vol. 4, given out for free at Guitar Center locations. A truncated version of this demo appeared on the demo compilation Alone VII: The Green Years, released in 2020.
It is not definitively known whether "Everybody Go Away" is a solo Rivers Cuomo demo or a full-band demo with Cuomo performing all of the vocals. The song's presence on Alone VII suggests the former, though Karl Koch has suggested that it's the latter.[1][2]
Neil Young, Weezer's tour manager from 2000 (not to be confused with the musician of the same name), is credited as a producer on the song.
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Weezer(?) | Everybody Go Away | October 30, 2000[2] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | 2:10 | Guitar Center: Fresh Cuts Vol. 4 | ||
| Weezer(?) | Everybody Go Away | 193 Everybody Go Away.mp3 | October 30, 2000[2] | 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA | 0:34 | Alone VII: The Green Years | Truncated version of above recording. |
Lyrics
Everybody go away
There's just one thing I can say
I wanna be alone
And turn off all the phones
and sit around and space out all the day
Everybody shut your mouth
I'm vacationing down south
Where nobody talks, moves around or walks
Heavier than feathers on the sea
If you left it up to me
I'd turn on everyone
If you left it wild and free
I'd break that chain and burn this off
Everybody shut your mouth
I'm vacationing down south
Where nobody talks, moves around or walks
Heavier than feathers on the sea
